Where does the last name "Pixley" come from?

Question:

Where does the last name "Pixley" come from?

what type of nationality is it?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Pixley
Probably an English habitational name from places so called in Herefordshire and Shropshire, the former being named in Old English with the personal name Peoht + leah ‘woodland’, ‘clearing in a wood’.
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www.ancestry.com See the links below regarding peddlers of surname products like coats of arms (misnomer family crest)

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/faq.ht...

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

There are over 12,000 entries in Rootsweb(free site) for Pixley. Pull up the site and put Pixley in the World Connect Block to pull up the trees.

Now, you have to be very careful about taking as fact everything you see in family trees on any website, free or paid. The information is submitted by folks like you and me and most is not documented. Even when you see the same information by different submitters over and over that does not mean it is accurate. There is a lot of copying being done without verifying and there are errors in family trees on the internet.

However, if you see something that interest you, probe on a name and it will take you to another screen which will give you the name and email address of the submitter.